How would you pronounce Brontë?

[Bronteeorbrontay]

Just that really. If you met a Brontë or Bronte, how would you automatically pronounce it?
Is it awful?
I quite like it. I always assumed it was Brontay but online I keep finding people are pronouncing it Brontee. I actually quite like both but I'd want to pick the one that is most commonly used.
We are not set on this name, but I've already got three kids and really struggling to find a name I don't associate with another child we know or a member of our huge family!

BRON TEE

Brontay

Brontay

I'd say Brontay like Charlotte.
Never sure what those two little dots do.

You need a vote OP!

Bron-tay.

When people talk about Charlotte, Emily & Anne it’s always pronounced Brontay. I think that’s what the umlaut over the e is for.

Bron-tee

Exactly this!

Brits traditionally say Brontay but Aussies and Americans say Brontee . There was one on a reality show - MAFS recently I think who was called Brontee

I have known it pronounced both - partly depends on regional accent I think.....

You could go with whatever you prefer.....

I think it's quite regional dependent. It comes out like Bronti when I say it.

I've always said Bront-ay but I appreciate that's not how it should sound (Bront-ee).

Brontay

Bron-tee, it sounds Australian, I imagine saying it in an aussie accent.

Bront-ay.

The acute accent (é) used in French is pronounced ay, as in café.

Brontee- same as Chloe (no idea how to find the punctuation mark to go over the "e") - the dots (can't remember the name of them 😞) are to show how the "e" is emphasised.

Brontay. The diacritical mark is an anomaly - it is neither a proper diaeresis nor an umlaut.
It's not a very nice name.

@7catsisnotenough , the diacritical mark is a diaeresis but it's an odd use of one. The are usually used to indicate that two adjacent vowels are to be enunciated separately (as in naïve or Noël).
It's definitely not an umlaut.

Original family surname of Bronte sisters was Prunty - their father changed it to hide he came from Irish Catholic background. Was Bronte, during their lifetime, pronounced Brontee or Brontay I can't say for sure, but I pronounce it Brontay.

I'm liking these answers as I prefer Brontay.
I just didn't want to be saying 'no not Bronteeee Brontaaay' like Hyacinth Bucket!

Bron-tay.

Honestly, thinking about it I say both. The Brontays. Charlotte Bronti. But not even consistently, they just swap about.

Brontay

The two little dots are umlauts. The show you that the letter is pronounced separately. Like Zoë or Chloë

I think if you're in the UK most would pronounce it Bron-tay. I always would.

Brontay